Fictional Video Games We Wish Were Real

Since we're all about a hair's breadth from hooking our brains into the next motion control console anyway, 1994's Brainscan proved far ahead of its time in more ways than one. After all, how far can we really be from games that hypnotize us into comitting brutal murders in real life?  The Parents Television Council would have you believe we've been doing that for years.

Ever the skewers of pop culture, South Park's fifteen-year run has left a virtual pantheon of fake video games we'd love to get our hands on, from the Okama Gamesphere, to Heaven Vs. Hell, to Heroin Hero (to complement our fake guitar-playing skills.)

Still, nothing quite hit the nail on the head like their pocket monsters parody Chinpokomon, which like its real-world counterpart secretly subverts children into inevitably rising against the U.S. government for the glory of Japan.  At least, I'm pretty sure that's what the last Pokemon game was about.

Sure, we love our Call of Duty games and the increasing shift from historical battles toward actual World War III scenarios, but what's the fun in playing a third world war when you can actually start one, a la the plot of WarGames?

And then, when all is said and done and nuclear crises is averted, your newfound favorite console will be happy to bring things back down to Earth with a nice game of Chess.

For your love of both video games and necromancy, here's Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Video Ouija!  No longer do you need to bother with that pesky board and mysteriously shifting lens, now you can contact the dead from the privacy of your living room and the convenience of a joystick!

We offer no promises that the spirits haunting your home are the least bit interesting.  Also, this will terrify your face off.